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Wesco Financial Corp

WSC · Software & Services · AMEX · in our data January 2, 1968 to June 24, 2011 (43.5 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Wesco Financial Corp was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on February 20, 2007, the market valued it at $3.6 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $384.50, -21.6% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1968-012011-06
Peak market value$3.6 billionFebruary 20, 2007
Highest split-adjusted share price$490.43February 20, 2007
Last share price$384.50June 24, 2011
From its split-adjusted high to the end-21.6%
Return over the days in our data+20477.7%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-35.6%September 10, 1974

Share prices are adjusted for splits and other share changes, so the high and the last price compare like for like; the peak market value is as it was on the day. The return covers the trading days in our data only: it does not include what holders received, or lost, after the last trade (a merger payout, a bankruptcy), and it does not reach back before 1968.

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Also gone in 2011: Software & Services